Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, Jaguar Edition, The

Using Search to Select Files

You can also use Search to select files from all over your Mac (see Chapter 25 for all the intimate details).

All of the found files will be shown in one Results window, and you can select their icons from that Results window and drag them to the Trash, open them, move them, etc. (Remember, press on one selected item and all selected items will follow.) Make it a point to learn to Search—you’ll discover it comes in handy in a number of ways.

I often Search to select a file even when I know where it is because it’s so much faster than digging through levels of folders. If I need a document, I hit Command F, type in a few letters, hit the Return key, then lo and behold, there is my file in front of my face. I double-click ...